A recent spike in violence at some of Jerusalem’s key holy sites has left Jordan in a difficult position vis-a-vis its nearly century-old custodial obligations in the city. Following clashes at ...

Jordan on Tuesday welcomed taken unanimously by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee to keep the Old City of Jerusalem and its walls on the List of World Heritage in Danger.The decision, adopted during ...

Jordan has been the official custodian of Christian and Muslim holy places in Jerusalem since 1924, when Sharif Hussein, the initiator of the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire, was ...

Jordan's king has reaffirmed his support for establishing a Palestinian capital in east Jerusalem, highlighting his differences with the Trump administration on a central issue in the Israeli ...

Jordan urged Israel on Sunday to stop what it described as "barbaric" attacks on worshippers in Jerusalem's al Aqsa mosque and said it would step up international pressure.

It had captured east Jerusalem, which includes the Old City, in the 1967 Mideast War, along with the West Bank and Gaza. Palestinians want those territories for their future state, with east ...

Since Israel captured east Jerusalem from Jordan in 1967, Jewish worshippers have been allowed to visit - but not pray - at the compound.

As Jordan joins a military campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria, tensions in Jerusalem pose a potentially bigger risk to a nation only slightly scathed by the turmoil sweeping the ...